Explore items from Melanesia

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 27th December, 1943. A stretcher party of the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 21st Australian Infantry Brigade negotiating a difficult section of the track with a ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE UNEARTH A DEAD JAPANESE SOLDIER ON THE "PIMPLE" AFTER THE BATTLE. ..

RAMU VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-19. TROOPS OF THE 2/2ND AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION ENJOYING THEIR LUNCH ON THE ROAD OVERLOOKING THE CAMP OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. WX4356 WARRANT OFFICER II G. E. MORRIS, MM., ED., OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WHO WAS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, CONSOLIDATING THEIR POSITION ON THE "PIMPLE". THIS POSITION WAS ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. 500 POUNDER BOMBS DROPPED FROM UNITED STATES ARMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT EXPLODING ON JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" DURING THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. A PRIVATE OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, WITH TRENCH MORTAR AMMUNITION ON HIS SHOULDER READY TO MOVE IN DURING ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. WX4252 WARRANT OFFICER II, R.E. JONES OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, CHECKS THE MAGAZINE OF HIS OWEN GUN BEFORE ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. UNITED STATES FIGHTER AIRCRAFT STRAFING JAPANESE POSITIONS ON THE "PIMPLE" DURING THE ASSAULT ON THE RIDGE BY TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE WATCHING AIRCRAFT BOMBARDING THE "PIMPLE" PRIOR TO THEIR ATTACK ON THE ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. TROOPS OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, WATCHING OUR AIRCRAFT BOMBARDING THE "PIMPLE" PRIOR TO THEIR ATTACK ON ..

SHAGGY RIDGE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-27. MEMBERS OF A 3 INCH MORTAR CREW OF THE 2/16TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, 21ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE IN ACTION BOMBARDING THE "PIMPLE" PRIOR TO THE ..